For some kids, summer break brings on a haunting reality: Where am I going to get my next meal?
Duval County Public Schools and Chartwells K12 are partnering to ensure no child has to ask that question. They plan to host more than 80 Summer BreakSpot community feeding sites in Jacksonville, beginning June 5. Free meals will be provided to any child under the age of 18 regardless of their parent’s income.

Though summer often means fun in the sun, for some kids it can mean a hungry belly. The Duval County School Public School system is partnering with Chartwells K12 to try and reduce the number of children that go hungry this summer.

Approximately 85,000 of the 128,000 students in Duval County participate in the Free and Reduced Lunch Program according to Duval County Public Schools.
Now that school is out for the summer, the access to food significantly decreases for those children.

Branford Public Schools (BPS) are preparing for another summer of free meals for kids and teens 18 and under. The program is supported by a USDA grant won by BPS, based in part on Branford's percentage of free and reduced lunch participants, which now totals approximately 27 percent of all public school students.

Given the chance, most kids like to learn about food and healthy eating choices.A Chicago-area nonprofit, Pilot Light, ran a food education program for 1,500 elementary school students and found that 95 percent enjoyed food lessons.

After years of serving processed, reheated, pre-packaged lunches, some Western Washington schools are going back to good old-fashioned cooking from scratch.
Their goal is to serve meals prepared in an actual kitchen, with fresh ingredients for thousands of picky kids. That’s a tough assignment.

Lunch is going to be a little more interesting at Montgomery Upper Middle School and Montgomery High School next year.
That's because in addition to the traditional lunch menu, a special chef's display station will be set up twice a month at the upper middle school and twice a month at the high school.